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Fed poised to finally lift rates — it hopes

The Federal Reserve is poised to end the suspense Wednesday, raising interest rates first time in nearly a decade and closing an extraordinary era of easy money spawned by the 2008 financial crisis...

Adding to the uncertainty is a shortage of repos in the marketplace after many banks shed them to meet financial reform mandates, says Kathy Bostjancic, head of U.S. macro investor services for Oxford Economics. That has pushed down their interest rates and could make it tougher for the Fed to hoist rates, especially if there are limits on its reverse repo program.